Spring Break
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Emily Iorg
Issue date: 3/12/07 Section: Culture
Poetry Reading: 2007 UMKC Cockefair Chair Writer-in-Residence Eleanor Wilner: Wilner, a poet, civil rights activist and professor, will read, followed by a reception and book signing. Wilner has published six books of poetry, most recently "The Girl with Bees in Her Hair" (2004) and "Reversing the Spell: New and Selected Poems" (1998); and a translation of Euripides' Medea in Euripides I. Pierson Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 15
Grant Writing Workshop: The Kansas City Police Department and Grant Writing USA present a workshop in Kansas City for beginning and experienced nonprofit and government grant writers. Tuition includes workbook and resource CD. Seating limited. RSVP online at www.grantwritingusa.com or by contacting Cathy Rittenhouse at 800-814-8191.
Lunch-n-Learn: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Credit Reports: Pack a brown-bag lunch and get all your questions answered regarding credit reports from a financial expert from Consumer Credit Counseling Services. To reserve your space, e-mail Gaile Johnson, Human Resources, at johnsongaile@umkc.edu. Plaza Room, Administrative Center, 11 a.m. to noon.
Global Conversations Series: Health Sciences: featuring Dr. Stan Shaffer, Kathleen Goggin and another panelist TBA. Discuss research and academic interests international in scope. Presentations will be brief and followed by time to ask questions. 122 Miller Nichols Library, 12:30-2 p.m. All faculty and students welcome. Come without lunch, bring your own, or check the lunch menu: http://www.umkc.edu/provost/initiatives/FaCET/FaCETLunchMenu.pdf, then contact Bob Schubert, schubertr@umkc.edu, before noon on March 14 to register and order a free box lunch.
Lecture: "Indian Women and the Conquest of Latin America": by Viviana Grieco, Ph.D. This lecture discusses the role of Indian women before and after the conquest, explores women's participation in economic, religious and social organizations, and highlights the role of Indian women in the construction of gender roles in early colonial Spanish American society. Women's Center, 105 Haag Hall, 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 15
Grant Writing Workshop: The Kansas City Police Department and Grant Writing USA present a workshop in Kansas City for beginning and experienced nonprofit and government grant writers. Tuition includes workbook and resource CD. Seating limited. RSVP online at www.grantwritingusa.com or by contacting Cathy Rittenhouse at 800-814-8191.
Lunch-n-Learn: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Credit Reports: Pack a brown-bag lunch and get all your questions answered regarding credit reports from a financial expert from Consumer Credit Counseling Services. To reserve your space, e-mail Gaile Johnson, Human Resources, at johnsongaile@umkc.edu. Plaza Room, Administrative Center, 11 a.m. to noon.
Global Conversations Series: Health Sciences: featuring Dr. Stan Shaffer, Kathleen Goggin and another panelist TBA. Discuss research and academic interests international in scope. Presentations will be brief and followed by time to ask questions. 122 Miller Nichols Library, 12:30-2 p.m. All faculty and students welcome. Come without lunch, bring your own, or check the lunch menu: http://www.umkc.edu/provost/initiatives/FaCET/FaCETLunchMenu.pdf, then contact Bob Schubert, schubertr@umkc.edu, before noon on March 14 to register and order a free box lunch.
Lecture: "Indian Women and the Conquest of Latin America": by Viviana Grieco, Ph.D. This lecture discusses the role of Indian women before and after the conquest, explores women's participation in economic, religious and social organizations, and highlights the role of Indian women in the construction of gender roles in early colonial Spanish American society. Women's Center, 105 Haag Hall, 12:30 p.m.
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